I was disappointed that I only got one reply to my query about LC as a platform for learning programming - I thought this was a big thing with quite a few people on this list, some of whom are actually educators. Since I’ve failed in this, can someone suggest a better way of getting an answer (e.g. forums, mother ship)?
TIA Graham I wrote: > I have been approached by one of my family to ask what would be the first > steps for someone (a young adult) to enable them to enter the world of app > design and programming. Obviously I need to ask more questions myself, such > as whether this would be to get a job, or simply as an educational exercise, > or maybe to provide a launchpad for a startup idea. However, even at this > stage, of course my thoughts turned to LiveCode. > > So my question to the community is, how would such a person start off - > assuming they’re intelligent, very familiar with consumer-level technology > such as smart phones, tablets, laptop computers for study etc. and social > media, but probably have never seen or thought about what is involved in > designing, implementing and publishing an app (I would just say “a program”, > but that shows how old I am) on any platform? If it is LC (and why not?), are > the published lessons sufficient? What is the view of those on this list who > do actually teach this stuff? > > The trouble for me is that I have been around all this for 50 years (more, to > be truthful) and so can’t project myself well into the mind of that kind of > newbie. One guess is that one way to start would be to find a cheap hardware > platform (probably an Android tablet) and try to use the LC Community Edition > to allow me to create something for that; but that idea may be stupid, > particularly as one would need a different platform to actually do the > development work. > > Hoping for some insights > > Graham _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
